Insulin therapy in the psychoses.

Intertitle: "The film shows the initial injection and the subsequent occurences in various patients up to interuption and after". The patient is treated by an injection to their side and the times of treatment are on a chalked slate (8.30, 9.30, 10.15). The man is fitting in his bed; when he is calm he is intubated. He is offered a snack. He gets ups and puts on a dressing gown. A slate indicates the time; 10.35. A male patient is observed sleeping and fitting; his foot reflexes are tested. His grip reflexes are tested. 11:25; he is intubated. 11:42 he takes a snack (although he seems very sleepy). Ends abruptly.

Digitised version can be found at PP/RKF/B.19/3a.

1940

1 film reel

Christopher, Michael and Sebastian Freudenberg.

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